• Russia Under Pressure to Stop Devastating Aleppo Bombardment

  Russia said on Friday that a draft U.N. resolution for a truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo was unacceptable, as Moscow faced growing international pressure to stop a devastating bombardment of the city backed by Russian air power.

  

• Aleppo Will Eventually Fall, But Syrian War Will Go On

  It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war.

  

• As Islamic State is Pushed Out of Northern Syria, Those Fleeing Militants Elsewhere Flood in

  On a road in northern Syria, a rebel fighter signals to a group of men, women and children traipsing across barren fields to put their hands in the air. He pats them down and inspects their phones, trying to determine whether they are Islamic State sympathizers.

  

• Bomb Kills 25, Mostly Foreign-Backed Rebels in North Syria: Witnesses

  A bomb claimed by Islamic State at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 people, most of them foreign-backed Syrian rebels, and wounded dozens more on Thursday, witnesses said.

  

• Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti and Cuba, Takes Aim at Bahamas, U.S

  Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, powered towards the Bahamas and the U.S. coast early on Wednesday after battering Haiti and Cuba with torrential rain, wreaking havoc among the struggling Haitian population.